Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aed2d0befdfe2ec1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB
MD5: 96516851292878ff9fba21005fb80df0 SHA-1: c2f4a6072b0134c6d51bbe3458bba51788a1fe8c SHA-256: aed2d0befdfe2ec11088ba3dad8e6c3cf969afba6aa594a20ef8cb80fe3bff20
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0. Static analysis revealed an embedded script payload within a PDF stream, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities. The presence of XFA form elements further suggests a potential attack vector commonly used in PDF exploits. The embedded script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0
  • Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD
    PDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_pdf_script_0000023c.bin
97748d451a936ce75a14588965a527f0df2c77e5e2bb241e21974707e06d9a26
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x23C 80622 bytes